Custom Consoles desks chosen for Channel 4 playout facilityOctober 31, 2005
Custom Consoles has completed a major order for two large desks placed by Channel 4 Television in London. Both desks were custom-designed and are located in a presentation suite and nearby operations room. Robert Luggar, Technology Projects Manager at Channel 4 Television explains: "The new desks were commissioned as part of a technical refurbishment of one of our playout facilities. Custom Consoles has supplied many furniture installations to Channel 4's headquarters and was able to match the Channel's requirements in this application." A seven-bay Custom Consoles desk in the presentation suite houses a Pharos 15 inch control screen, Trilogy and Drake talkbacks and a Pro-Bel presentation mixer. Eight 17 inch LCD panels are located immediately above the desk, used in conjunction with three wall-mounted 40 inch LCD picture monitors. In the operations room, a 5 metre width Custom Consoles desk houses all the technical support equipment required to control routing, ingest to disk and playout. The desk can accommodate four engineering staff. Manufactured in spray-finished MDF, they incorporate cable management ducts and provide easy access to equipment from front and rear. They were delivered in pre-assembled sections for final assembly onsite by Custom Consoles' staff. Custom Consoles (www.customconsoles.co.uk) manufactures a broad range of studio and technical-support furniture including motorised, manually adjustable and fixed-height units plus fan-cooled sound- insulated equipment housings. Contacts for further information: Gary Fuller, Custom Consoles David Kirk, Stylus Media Consultants |
